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  2. Sukha - Wikipedia

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    Sukha (Pali and Sanskrit: सुख) means happiness, pleasure, ease, joy or bliss.Among the early scriptures, 'sukha' is set up as a contrast to 'preya' (प्रेय) meaning a transient pleasure, whereas the pleasure of 'sukha' has an authentic state happiness within a being that is lasting.

  3. Happiness in Judaism - Wikipedia

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    Simcha (Hebrew: שמחה), happiness more generally, [1] or a celebration (e.g. a wedding, bar/bat mitzvah), it is also a name for both males and females; Osher (Hebrew: אושר), a deeper, lasting happiness [2] Orah (Hebrew: אורה), either "light" or "happiness" Gila (Hebrew: גילה), an exuberant outburst of joy [3] or the happiness of ...

  4. Pīti - Wikipedia

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    Piti is a joyful saṅkhāra (formation) associated with no object, so the practitioner is not attaining it by desire. It is often translated into the English word "rapture" and is distinguished from the longer-lasting meditative "joy" or "happiness" (Pali, Sanskrit: sukha) which is a subtler feeling which arises alongside pīti.

  5. Simcha - Wikipedia

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    The concept of simcha is an important one in Jewish philosophy. A popular teaching by Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, a 19th-century Chassidic Rabbi, is "Mitzvah Gedolah Le'hiyot Besimcha Tamid," it is a great mitzvah (commandment) to always be in a state of happiness. When a person is happy one is much more capable of serving God and going about one ...

  6. Karuṇā - Wikipedia

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    Strive at first to meditate upon the sameness of yourself and others. In joy and sorrow all are equal; Thus be guardian of all, as of yourself. The hand and other limbs are many and distinct, But all are one--the body to be kept and guarded. Likewise, different beings, in their joys and sorrows, are, like me, all one in wanting happiness.

  7. Beatific vision - Wikipedia

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    How great will your glory and happiness be, to be allowed to see God, to be honored with sharing the joy of salvation and eternal light with Christ your Lord and God... to delight in the joy of immortality in the Kingdom of Heaven with the righteous and God's friends! Edward A. Pace in the Catholic Encyclopedia (1907) defined the beatific vision:

  8. Saccidānanda - Wikipedia

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    ānanda (आनन्द): [16] means "happiness, joy, bliss", "pure happiness, one of three attributes of Atman or Brahman in the Vedanta philosophy". [16] Loctefeld and other scholars translate ananda as "bliss".

  9. Euphrosyne - Wikipedia

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    Euphrosyne is a goddess of good cheer, joy and mirth. [8] Her name is the female version of the word euphrosynos, "merriment". Pindar wrote that these goddesses were created to fill the world with pleasant moments and good will. [9] The Charites attended the goddess of beauty Aphrodite. [10] In art, Euphrosyne is usually depicted with her ...

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